Monday, October 31, 2005

Humor: McClellan Says He's Earned America's Trust

I'm willing to admit when I'm wrong.

I've been on the record as saying nasty things about White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, like that he does nothing but lie all day and provides nothing but robot-like responses, with no humor.

But there he was today in the press briefing, making jokes with the press about the trust he's built with them and the American people:

Q: You speak for the President. Your credibility and his credibility is not on criminal trial. But it may very well be on trial with the American public, don't you agree?

McClellan: No, I'm very confident in the relationship that we have in this room, and the trust that has been established between us. This relationship --

Q: See those cameras? It's not about us. It's about what the American people --

McClellan: This relationship is built on trust, and you know very well that I have worked hard to earn the trust of the people in this room, and I think I've earned it --

Q: Is the President -- let me just follow up on one more thing.

McClellan: -- and I think I've earned it with the American people.

Scott – stop! You're killin' me! I will never say you don't have a sense of humor again.

Political writer Bob Geiger is the award-winning author of the Yellow Dog Blog and BobGeiger.com and specializes in coverage of the U.S. Senate. He won the 2005 Weblog Awards prize for Best New Blog and was a finalist in the Koufax Awards in 2005 for his column "I Know This Little Boy in New Orleans."

He is the coauthor of The Real McCain and his work has appeared in the San Francisco Examiner, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the New York Journal News. A contributing writer to The Huffington Post and Alternet, Bob also makes appearances to comment on Senate activity on many popular radio programs.